fiston
French, noun/fis.tɔ̃/
fiston is spelled F-I-S-T-O-N (6 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written French, the 23,140th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fiston is a French masculine noun meaning “boy, son, sonny, lad, young man (as a form of address)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fils”.
What does fiston mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineboy, son, sonny, lad, young man (as a form of address)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fils. 2. Appellatif affectueux pour s'adresser à un garçon ou une fille plus jeune que soi.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of fiston
- fistons plural
- fistonne feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fiston?
- /fis.tɔ̃/
- \fis.tɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fiston
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fiston in French?
fiston appears 1.7 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).